Sung Kim recently became the new Special Representative for North Korea Policy and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan on November 2014. Ambassador Kim is making his first trip to Asia since assuming his new position, accompanied by Special Envoy for...

*The recent cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment and the subsequent allegations of North Korea’s involvement in the attack led many to wonder about North Korea’s capability to conduct disruptive and/or destructive operations in cyberspace.At the time...

On December 11, Bloomberg News reported that swaps traders are more certain than ever that Venezuela will default on its debt as falling oil prices add pressure to already-strained government finances and drive the country’s bond prices to a 16-year low.

This report is the first regional study in the CSIS Federated Defense series. The Federated Defense Project aims to shift the paradigm with key allies and partners from capacity building to a federated approach that would expand regional security and prosperity by joining...

Assistant Secretary Daniel Russel delivered the following text as a special address at the December 10, 2014 Korea Global Forum 2014: CSIS-EAI Conference on Korean Unification co-organized by Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and East Asia Institute (EAI)...

Americans are reluctant to accept terrorism is part of their daily lives, but attacks have been planned or attempted against American targets (usually airliners or urban areas) almost every year since 9/11. Europe faces even greater risk, given the thousands of EU citizens...

Beijing is fast approaching a December 15 deadline to submit its defense in the arbitration case against its South China Sea claims brought by the Philippines. That case, brought under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea’s (UNCLOS) compulsory dispute mechanism, is...

Over the past 15 years, malaria has gained increased attention and action from the public health community, with researchers, global and national funders, and, most importantly, national governments and communities in endemic areas. Renewed efforts to fight the disease have...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has a long and distinguished history researching and developing new tools for malaria control, in partnership with both military and civilian host government experts. Since the mid-1990s, DoD has significantly expanded its global...

Insecticide resistance has always been a threat to successful control of malaria vectors. Resistance reduces the effectiveness of key components of control programs including long-lasting insecticide impregnated nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). As efforts to...